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ungrammatical

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

In violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language as defined by the grammar, resulting in unacceptable or incorrect usage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: agrammatical, ungrammatic

Antonyms: grammatical

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adjective

Meaning 2

not grammatical; not conforming to the rules of grammar or accepted usage

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ill-formed

Antonyms: grammatical

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English grammatical English ungrammatical From un- + grammatical.

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَلْحُون (malḥūn) — in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
  • Armenian: քերականորեն ոչ ճիշտ (kʻerakanoren očʻ čišt) — in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
  • Burmese: သဒ္ဒါအတိုင်းမဟုတ်သော ၊ — in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
  • Catalan: agramatical — in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不合文法的 (bùhé wénfǎ de) — in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 非文法的 (fēi wénfǎ de) — in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
  • Esperanto: kontraŭgramatika — in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
  • Estonian: ebagrammatiline — in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
  • Finnish: kieliopillisesti virheellinen — in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
  • French: agrammatical — in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
  • German: ungrammatisch — in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
  • Greek: αντιγραμματικός (antigrammatikós) — in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
  • Hebrew: לא דקדוקי (lo dikdukí) — in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
  • Ido: kontre-gramatika — in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
  • Italian: sgrammaticato — in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
  • Japanese: 破格 (hakaku) — in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
  • Japanese: 非文法的 (hibunpōteki) — in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
  • Korean: 비문법적 (bimunbeopjeok) — in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
  • Northern Kurdish: nerêzimanî — in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
  • Malayalam: വ്യാകരണപ്പിഴയുള്ള (vyākaraṇappiḻayuḷḷa) — in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
  • Malayalam: വ്യാകരണവിരുദ്ധമായി (vyākaraṇaviruddhamāyi) — in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
  • Malayalam: വ്യാകരണപ്പിഴയുള്ളതായി (vyākaraṇappiḻayuḷḷatāyi) — in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
  • Manx: neughrammeydoil — in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
  • Polish: niegramatyczny — in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
  • Polish: agramatyzcny — in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
  • Portuguese: agramatical — in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
  • Portuguese: antigramatical — in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
  • Portuguese: ingramatical — in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
  • Romanian: negramatical — in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
  • Russian: неграммати́ческий (negrammatíčeskij) — in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
  • Russian: негра́мотный (negrámotnyj) — in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
  • Upper Sorbian: njegramatiski — in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
  • Spanish: agramatical — in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
  • Swedish: ogrammatisk — in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
  • Telugu: అశాస్త్రీయమైన (aśāstrīyamaina) — in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
  • Telugu: గ్రామ్యమైన (grāmyamaina) — in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language
  • Turkish: dilbilgisi dışı — in violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language